Friday, July 26, 2013

Gibbons was been named to the 2013 Lou Groza Collegiate
Place-Kicker Award preseason watch list. He hit 16-of-18 field-goal attempts (88.9 percent) and 45-of-45
point-after attempts in 2012, while he has connected on 30-of-40 field
goals and 112-of-114 PATs for his career. He converted his final 13
field goal attempts last season, ranking as the second-longest streak in
U-M history behind Remy Hamilton's 14 straight in 1996. Gibbons ranks
sixth in U-M history in field goals made, and his streak of 97
consecutive successful PATs ranks second best behind J.D. Carlson's 126
consecutive. Last season, Gibbons hit a career-long 52-yard field goal at
Nebraska, the sixth longest field goal in U-M history.

2012: Appeared in 13 games on special teams as a kickoff specialist and seven
games as a punter ... punted 12 times for 35.9 yard average with nine
inside the opponent's 20-yard line ... kicked off 77 times with 60.5
yards/kick average and 28 touchbacks ... went 2-for-2 on field goal
attempts .... connected on a career-long 52-yard field goal against
South Carolina in the Outback Bowl 2013: he will continue to handle kickoffs, will be available for long range field goals, and will take over as starting punter full-time.

High school: made 9 of 12 field goals with a long of 45 yards and also had 39 PAT's.
Punted 45 times for an average of 39.6 yards with 17 being inside the 20
during the senior year ... Averaged 39.1 yards per punt with a long of
71 yards and 10 inside 20

Spring Practice Report: "The indoor facility has a very high roof and is rarely hit
(besides when Mesko was in there), but this kid was consistently hitting
the ceiling and punting the ball over 50 yards. I know it is indoors,
but I have not seen a ball “explode” off a kids foot like this kid since
Mesko."

“We timed him and his times were outstanding. A good
long snapper is getting the ball back in .75, .8. He was getting it back
at .65, .75. We saw that and he had the ability to block his gap and said, you
know what, we have one more year of Jareth and Jareth has done an
excellent job, but we’ve got this opportunity where we can get him. We
have this family history, so why not take him?” - special teams coach Dan Ferrigno